Where does “gâter” come from?

gâter (French) comes from Middle French gaster, from Old French gaster, from Latin vastus, from Proto-Celtic wāstos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁weh₂- — to leave, abandon, give out.

gâter (French): to spoil, ruin; to go bad, go off

Definitions

  1. to spoil, ruin; to go bad, go off

Ancestry of “gâter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchgasterto waste; to destroy
2Old Frenchgasterto waste; to destroy
3LatinvastusEmpty, unoccupied, i.e. waste, desert; Desolate,...
4Proto-Celticwāstosempty
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁weh₂-to leave, abandon, give out

Words derived from “gâter”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁weh₂- →Every word from Proto-Celtic wāstos →Every word from Latin vastus →